The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26
THE ROAD TO WEALTH.
SNOWMAN BARNUM TELLS HOW
TO SUCCEED IN LIFE.
Practice Economy, Take Care of
Your Health, Preserve Your In
tcgrity, and Advertise

gives in the New York Sun the follow.
ing directions for a successful career
The road Co wealth is, as DR.. Frank
lin truly says ''as plain as the road to
mill" II consists simply in expending
less than we earn. Many may say, 1--WE
understand this; this is economy, and
we know economy is wealth; we know
we can't eat our cake and keep it also. y
Yet, perhaps, more failures arise from
mistakes on this point than on any other.
True economy is misapprehended, and
people go through life without properly
comprehending what that principle is.
There are many who think that economy
consists in saving cheese parings and
candle ends, in cutting off twopence
from the laundresss bill, and doing all
sorts of little mean things. Economy is
not meanness. This false economy may
frequently be seen in men of bust
ness, and in those instances it often
runs to writing paper. You find
good business men who save all the
old envelopes and scraps, and would not
tear new sheet of paper, if they could
avoid it, for the world. That is all very
well; they may in this way save s. or
$40 year, but being so economical (only
in note paper, they think they can afford
TO waste time, to have expensive parties,
and to drive their carriages. True econ
omy consists in always making the in.
come exceed the outgo. 1t needs no
prophet to tell us that those who live
fully up to their means, without any
thought of reverse in this life can
never attain independence.
The foundation of success in life is
good health; that is the substratum of
fortune. Then, how important it is to
study the laws of health, which is but an.
other name for the laws of nature The
closer we keep to the laws of nature the
nearer we are to good health. Tobacco
and rum should be summed. To make
money requires clear brain. No matter
how bountifully man may be blessed
with intelligence, if the brain is muddled
and his judgment warped by drink, it is
impossible for him to carry on business
SUCCESSFULLY
The safest plan, aud the one most sure
of success for the young man starting in
life, is to select the vocation which is
most congenial to his tastes. There is
as much diversity in our brains as in our
countenances. Some men are born
mechanics, while some have great aver
sion to machinery. Unless man enters
upon vocation intended for him bv
nature, and best suited to his peculiar
genius, he cannot succeed. After secur-
ing the right vocation, you must be care
full to select the proper location, and not
begin business where there are already
enough to meet all demands in the same
occupation.
No man has right to expect to succeed
in life unless he understands his bust
ness, and nobody can understand his
business thoroughly unless he learns it
by personal application and experience.
You must exercise caution in laying your
plans, but be bold in carrying them out.
A man who is all caution will never dare
to take hold and be successful, and a
man who is all boldness is merely reck-
less and must eventually fail.
There is no such thing in the world as
luck. If a man adopts proper methods
TO be successful, ''luck" will not prevent
him. If he does not succeed there are
reasons for it. although, perhaps, he may
not be able to see them.
Money is good for nothing unless you
know the value of it by experience. Give
9 boy $50, 600 and put him in business.
and the chances are that he will lose
every dollar of it before he is year
older. Nine out of ten of the rich men
of our country to-day started out in lie
as poor boys, with determined Wills in
dustry, perseverance, economy, and
good habits.
fssftee--s+Sea to excel all Others
engaged in the same occupation. When
ever you find the best doctor, best clergy
man, best shoemaker or anything else,
that man is most sought for, and always
has ehough to do. Every boy should learn
some trade orprofession. Engage in one
kind of business only and stick to it
faithfully until you succeed. or until
your experience shows that You should
abandon it, A constant hammering on
one nail will generally drive it home at
last So that it can be clinched. There is
good sense in the old caution about hav-
ing too many irons in the fire at ouce.
Beware of ''outside operations.
Read the newspapers and keep
thoroughly posted inregard to the trans
actions of the world
Be careful to advertise in some shape
or other, because it is evident that if a
man has ever so good an article for sale,
and nobody knows it, it will bring him
no return. The whole philosophy of life
is, first sow, then reap. This principle
applies to all kinds of business, and to
nothing more eminently than to adver-
tising. If man has a really good arti-
Gle, there is no way in which he can reap
more advantageously than by ''sowingn
to the public in this way.
Politeness and ciyility are the best
capital ever invested in business. Large
stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements
will all prove unavailing if you or your
employees treat your patrons abruptly.
The more kind and liberal man is, the
more generous will be the patronage be.
slowed upon him.
Preserve your integrity it is more pre-.
clous than diamonds or rubIes. The most
difficult thing in life is to make money
dishonesty. Our prisons are full of men
who attempted TO follow this course. No
man can be dishonest without soon being
found out, and when his lack of princi.
pie is discovered, nearly every avenue TO
success is closed against him forever.
Strict honesty not only lies at the foun-
dation Of all success in life financially,
but in every other respect
Night Air.
''It often has seemed queer to me that
so many object TO night air in their bed